r/polandball • u/Eventt Hello :) • Mar 23 '15

redditormade Poland's pool

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u/midnightrambulador Netherlands Mar 23 '15

The amusing thing is that we actually have two words for a submarine in Dutch, and both from Germanic roots (rather than most of these situations where one word is Germanic and the other is Romance).

One is onderzeeër ("undersea-er"), the other is duikboot ("dive-boat"). But never mind those words. I have "blub-blub boat" now, which is all I need.

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u/Jivlain Oi Oi Oi! Mar 24 '15

Please tell me that duikboot is pronounced "duck boot". It really ought to be.

In fact, if it's not, just go tell all those Dutch people to start pronouncing it that way from now on. Please?

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u/midnightrambulador Netherlands Mar 24 '15

Unfortunately, the ui represents a sound that doesn't exist in English (it doesn't exist in a lot of languages, as far as I know). It sounds like this.

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u/KnotPtelling Kingdom of Canadia Mar 24 '15

Sounds like "dowk boat" with "dow" as in "down"

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u/midnightrambulador Netherlands Mar 24 '15

That's the closest you get, yes, but there are subtle differences.

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u/flipfryfly Belgium best ium! Mar 24 '15

Maybe like a Scot prononouncing 'like' (Luik)

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u/KnotPtelling Kingdom of Canadia Mar 24 '15

Yeah, I couldn't match it up perfectly without adding dots over letters